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The nature versus nurture debate is one of the oldest philosophical issues within psychology. Nature refers to all genes and hereditary factors that influence who we are - from our physical appearance to our personality characteristics. Nurture refers to all the environmental variables that impact who we are, including early childhood experiences, how we were raised, our social relationships, and our surrounding culture. Even today, different branches of psychology often take one or the other…

1. Purpose: Embed uniformed military personnel with a transportation MOS within the LRC, Transportation sections. 2. Scope: Army-wide. All 73 LRCs across the United States Army. The LRC provides Logistics support to individual Soldiers and units assigned to or mobilizing in army installation during peace or war. The LRC exercises authority over and develops plans and policies for all installation Logistics activities, Supply, Services, Installation Logistics Automated Systems, Maintenance, and…

The army that the Empire built in rome was one of the most successful armies in the world. So it serves to prove that they were really successful in battle for many years. They also had many really cool weapons and ways to use the weapons. They are really fascinating people from our history in the ancient Roman Empire. Their strength derived from their prowess and skill from training. The sica was used by a thrax (Thracian Gladiator). With a long 16 -18 inch long blade, it is also depicted…

Throughout history, Cultures have lived by some form of moral code values that was orally passed down through generations. There is an amazing similarity between the codes and the Mosaic Law, which has been compared with numerous legal codes such as 1. The Ur-Nammu code of 2050 B.C., 2. The Code Bilalama of 1925 B.C., 3. The Code of Hammurabi of 1700 B.C., 4. The Assyrian Ancient Law Code of 1350 B.C. (Wood). According to Chabad.org, the Mosaic Law was received approximately in 1290-1300 B.C.…

millennium in Sumer much of life was focused on the temples of the gods. Individual deities owned their own cites and territories. For example, Inanna, a complex goddess of many aspects including both love and war owned Uruk; Nanna, the moon god, possessed Ur. The Temple in which the gods were worshiped, called e, or house, was more than a single building that contained the main shrine. It was actually composed of a number of buildings that served various cultic functions and included orchards…

Abraham originally Abram is the first of the three patriarchs of Judaism, the other two are Isaac and Jacob. Abraham was born in Ur his father name was Terah and he was ninth in descent from Noah Abraham had two brothers Nahor, and Haran. Abraham married Sarai whose named was later charged to Sarah. Terah, Abraham, Sarah, and Lot who was Abraham’s nephew left Ur to go into the land of Canaan, but they came to Haran and lived there until Terah died. After Terah died God called Abraham and told…

For this small essay, I had to read these texts: Mexica Accounts of Moctezuma Meeting Cortes, by Bernardino de Shag/un and Cortes on Meeting Moctezuma, by Don Hern/an Cort/s. During my reading I noticed that some elements concur in both texts. Such has the gift of necklaces from Moctezuma to Cortés, or that Moctezuma takes the hand of Cortés to guide him somewhere. And other’s do not concur, some elements are not included and some are not the described the same way, in each text. The two main…

In 1955 the Hilprecht Collection, which contained 2500 tablets and fragments, were studied and translated. Although 2500 pieces have been found only 150 were literary works. The multiple fragments found only have a few undisturbed lines, but 50 tablets are in good condition, displaying several complete lines. The fragments contain multiple stories from mythology to catalogues. One of the most interesting stories is “The Curse of Agade: The Ekur Avenged”. About 300 lines are written about the…

Abraham is one of the most important characters of the Bible. He was a blessed and great man whose faith stands out in Old Testament history like one of the shining stars. He was blessed to be born in an extremely wealthy family, but his faith had more value than silver or gold. His greatness came from having a divine relationship with God that produced great faith. “So faith comes from hearing [that is told] …” Romans 10:17, Amplified Bible. Additionally, in Genesis, chapter 11 through chapter…

About 5,000 years ago in the land between Tigris and Euphrates rivers, city-states started to appear. These early Mesopotamian cities engaged in form of socialism, where farmers contributed their crops to storehouses by which workers, such as metalworkers or builders, were able to excel on their particular expertise. The Mesopotamian hallmarks the beginning of the first complex urban societies. Between 3400-3200 BCE, the Sumerians, city of Sumer, were technologically advanced, literate and…